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Gnome Ofthe Diabase
climber
Out Of Bed
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Thank You for the Heads Up I hope that those on thin Ice know [Click to View YouTube Video]Thank You for an adult solution to the second puberty that seems to take hold of the 'Polotard' set.
Political derisiveness has no place here, You are so right! Thanx again.
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Lynne Leichtfuss
Trad climber
Will know soon
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Sounds like a good idea, Chris. Other forums would do well to follow your example.
If politics are important in your life then get involved personally and make a difference in this world. Develope a plan, get out there and do something to help the planet and it's inhabitants.
Personal attacks rip at the heart of community and campfire and should be avoided at all cost. imho of course.
Cheers, lynnie
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overwatch
climber
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thank you, it is about time.
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limpingcrab
Trad climber
the middle of CA
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Chris, you're a socialist libertarian jerk face and you have bad personal opinions!
Let's see if this freezing thing works.
(PS great idea and thanks for hosting this site, it's a great resource)
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'Pass the Pitons' Pete
Big Wall climber
like Ontario, Canada, eh?
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"We’ve noticed most of the personal attacks on the site come from just a handful of people"
I don't get it.
Chris - why don't you just BAN the handful??
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Good policy. Ad hominen attacks are the weapon of people who don't have reasonable, factual, evidentiary arguments to offer.
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MisterE
Gym climber
Bishop, CA
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Great policy choice, Gentlemen!
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apogee
climber
Technically expert, safe belayer, can lead if easy
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Support this 100%. Begs this question for me, though:
"why don't you just BAN the handful??"
Edit:
Well, I'll be damned. The infamous 'Republicans' thread is locked tighter than a drum. Wow!
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labrat
Trad climber
Erik O. Auburn, CA
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Yay! Thank you ST gods!
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DanaB
climber
CT
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Good policy. Ad hominen attacks are the weapon of people who don't have reasonable, factual, evidentiary arguments to offer.
Yes indeed, thank you. Probably one of the primary reasons why many people have left the ST forum.
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limpingcrab
Trad climber
the middle of CA
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why don't you just BAN the handful??
They come back. Banning doesn't work
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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hey there say, chris... sounds good...
i have seen this used at one of the EPILEPSY WEBSITES... (though on rare occasions) (however, that may have changed, since the site was upgraded, and i don't get over, there, and perhaps they have had to use it more, i don't know)...
*THEY preferred, too, to LEAVE the thread, as, there was good info, in them to help others, but they wanted any 'rot' to be stopped, that was 'polluting' it/them, due to 'over-critical' derogatory attacks on the way that some folks handle seizures, etc,
(though they/epilepsy awareness websites, want things to get better, in the schools and business world, etc, they DO NOT want those that are seeking change, to make it turn into situations of ugly opinions, etc, where NO ONE will give 'those wanting betterment' a chance to plead their cause)...
*they, too, were trying NOT to ban folks, as, many times folks were just frustrated as to ONE specific issue, but, they still wanted to share, and get support for their children, families, or learn what their legal help was, etc, by asking for information from others on the forum, etc...
ps:
not sure, but when i was there more often, i think they only considered banning one person, as, the person showed up in all the threads and had no sound reasoning as to 'tearing everyones':
solutions, etc, or medication and doctors, treatment, etc, APART... :(
though, obviously, there were VERY MANY serious accounts of wrong situations that parents HAD run into, as to medication and treatment for their kids...
or themselves, :(
edit--they just want good solid, stable ways, as those are what will really get the 'foot in the door' to real changes...
thank you chris, for keeping your supertopo, here for us,
through all these years...
godbless, and wishing you more good years... especially as many new climbers grow, and need these experienced folks to STILL guide the
way into more 'new ground' upwards, and more stories of experience to
either share for NEEDS or just plain ol' fun...
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F10
Trad climber
Bishop
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I prefer climbing related topics, that's why I'm here.
Good move
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pyro
Big Wall climber
Calabasas
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Good on you Cmac!
I remember when the front page topics stood still for days or weeks..
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rottingjohnny
Sport climber
mammoth lakes ca
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Looks like the posters need to encrypt personal attacks to keep CMac out of the loop...? What happened to all the fun in the world...
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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I went to post about a new study of Canadian glacier retreat and the future projections to the Climate Thread and found that the "Reply" button no longer existed.
Too bad. It is a paper, in Nature Geoscience, which addresses the central issues raised in that thread, and in a way pertinent to climbing.
While I have believed that I largely refrained from using personal attacks in my posts to that thread, I understand that some who objected to my posts might have thought otherwise. Certainly I had been subject to personal attacks there, but it was my choice to continue to post information and engage in discussions taking the high road.
Shutting down a topic provides a means for some who object to a particular thread to stop discussions about the thread, if the "degenerating to personal attack" criteria is applied generally. This has the effect of stifling the discussion of topics which might be difficult, but important, for the members of this forum to engage in.
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MisterE
Gym climber
Bishop, CA
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Upon further consideration, what I like about this move is that it is not a cave-in to the tab-afficianados, nor is it a heavy-handed moderation of the forum.
It is simply a solution to a few people that just don't get it.
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WBraun
climber
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I 100% agree with Ed H and Moosedrool.
Also to shutdown the climate thread is a big big big mistake.
You have some real quality posters in there keep the subject matter up to date that is very difficult to get in that form.
Just sterilize and neuter your forum so that it remains white washed, watered down until you have nothing left but glazed eyed climbing zombies.
Oh oh .... I'm toast now .....
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mtnyoung
Trad climber
Twain Harte, California
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I can't believe I am saying this (and I hope this comment doesn't get this thread locked down), but I agree completely with what Werner said.
Ed H said it better though :)
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